訟 → 姤
Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 3).
Line 3
六三 食舊德。貞。厲終吉。或從王事。无成。
Six in the third place means: To nourish oneself on ancient virtue induces perseverance. Danger. In the end, good fortune comes. If by chance you are in the service of a king, Seek not works.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
麟鳳所遊，安樂無憂。君子撫民，世代千秋。
Where the qilin and phoenix roam; peace and joy, no worry. The noble lord tends his people; for generations, a thousand autumns.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and water oppose, but the qilin and phoenix roam freely — the two supreme auspicious creatures of Chinese cosmology, whose appearance heralds sage governance and cosmic peace. The sovereign cherishes the people; the dynasty endures a thousand autumns. From Conflict to Coming to Meet, heaven opens beneath the wind, and the ruler issues proclamations to the four directions. Gou's image is the encounter between dark and light — the single yin rising to meet the five yangs. The verse captures the ideal version of this encounter: benevolent authority meeting a responsive world. When the sovereign's virtue is genuine, even the rarest creatures of heaven appear, and conflict dissolves into millennial harmony.
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